Evaluation

Evaluation

Question 1

In what ways does your media product use,

develop or challenge forms and conventions

of real media products?

My trailer challenges forms and conventions

because more often than not the role of a

terrorist in film is usually male, I decided to

go against this sterotype and use a woman

for this role.

My trailer uses forms and conventions that are

present in other trailers - I included various titles

that are seen in most trailers, such as, actors names,

film title, director etc.

Here is the link for my completed film trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/user/1lozbabe#p/a/u/0/WSi5n5ynCO8

My poster follows forms and conventions used on other media products; the actors names are on other film posters so I decided to include them. The directors name is featured on posters, therefore I also added this onto my poster. The date of release is in a bigger font size to the rest of the text because this is an important piece of information and should grab the audience's attention. A website is included on most film posters so I included on on my poster.

My magazine cover uses form and conventions

of real media products because I wanted it to look

as much like any other magazine as I could. I

included a barcode and price on the bottom of

the cover, this is the same as other magazine covers

I have looked at.

On the bottom of my magazine

cover I put a banner featuring other films and

exclusives, most magazines do this because it appeals

to a wider demographic. I used buzz words such

as 'Exclusive' and 'Plus' to entice the audience

and make it look more realistic.

Question 2

How effective is the combination

of your main product and ancilliary

texts?

In my opinion the combination of my trailer, magazine cover and poster work well together.

My trailer, magazine cover and poster all have features that group them together. The main connection between them is they all have a corresponding colour scheme. I wanted the colours to be red and white because red gives the connotations of danger and so when the audience saw my products they would know they were related becuase of these themes.

I used the main actress as the main image for my magazine cover and poster, this was so the audience would recognise the film immediately, my trailer is widely focused around this actress so the audience will recognise her straight away.

Question 3

What have you learned from your

audience feedback?

The audience feedback I received was very useful because it allowed me to know what changes to make to my products to make them better.

I showed a year 10 Media Studies class my trailer and asked them if they had any questions or comments. One comment that was made was that the green screen which was originally at the end of the trailer should be at the front. I agreed with this comment and now it is at the beginning of the trailer.

To see our audience feedback video, please click the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/1lozbabe#p/a/u/1/Y6hSjTJCS18

We put the original version of our trailer on youtube and some comments were given such as:

carltongirl1: Liked your establishing shots, confused at the end though shouldn't those titles be at the beginning?

Like the story and the music, works well! Clear what the story is and some good shots of the train.

Cranlee: A sound narrative trailer with good use of captions and appropriate music which built the tension. perhaps some of the shots were dwelt upon too long and the news broadcast lacked authenticity. However, The shots of th girl in town followed by the over the shoulder anonymous note created suspense. I'd go to see the film on the back of this trailer.

After listening to these comments I changed the trailer so that the green screen was at the end. To see my trailer please follow this link:

http://www.youtube.com/user/1lozbabe#p/a/u/0/WSi5n5ynCO8

Question 4

How did you use new media technologies

in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

I used a Samsung video camera to film my trailer, it also allowed me to take photos for my cover and poster. This was the same as I had used for AS coursework therefore I knew how to operate the camera.

To edit my trailer I had to use the iMovie software, I had never previously used this software, however I found it easy to use and enabled me to edit my trailer without any problems.

I used photoshop to create my magazine cover and poster, I had used this before for my AS coursework. This was an advantage because it meant I already knew how to use it so no time was wasted trying to work out how it worked.

Before making my evaluation I had

never used the prezi software before.

However I found it very easy to use and

was able to create an interesting way to present my evalaution.

Once I had completed my film trailer we put it on to youtube to enable the audience to make comments, we also put up a video of our audience feedback, youtube is an easy way to upload videos so we didn't have any problems in this area.